The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-03-17
MORAL RELATION BETWEEN EN-
PLOYER AND EMPLOyE.

AOuI tillie uuTlIlS business or
working hours is not your own. 1t
is your stock in trade, and you have
sold it to your employer. If mer-
chant sells a barrel of -four at full
price, and then extracts few pounds,
he is a thief. You sell your time
just as he sells his flour. The con-
tract between you and your employ
er is made on the basis of your faith
full service during all the working
hours, and he has the same right to
demand the iulfillment of your part
of it to the letter, that you have to
expect full pay at the end of the
week. If he should retain dollar
out of your envelope without ac-
counting for it you would be Justly
indignant, yet it would be no more
dishonorable than for you to idle
away a little time every day. The
most valuable employees in any es-
Enlistment are usually the most in
dependent, for the reason that faith
full service begets independence. An
intelligent man who performs his du-
ties conscientiously feels independ-
ent, as he has right to, for he is
under no more obligation to his en-
ployer than he is to any other man
with whom he has business relations.
He has delivered the goods CHS time)
to the customer (his employer, they
are just as represented and have
been paid for accordingly. You
should be independent without be-
ing offensive or overbearing. If you
know you are valuable to your en-
ployer let your independence be that
of a gentleman, not of an ignorant
boor who by accident has become in
valuable.
Your employer is entitled to your
respect. You are an intelligent man,
therefore you know that thorough
organization is necessary to the con-
duct OF a business house. 1t is your
duty to contribute as much as you
can to maintain such organization.
The fundamental basis of it lies in
the respect of employe for employer
The house may as well close their
doors if they do not insist upon it,
for ruin will overtake them as sure
as a cancer would eat away your life
it it were not arrested. You should
show your respect for him not only
in his presence, but in his absence as
well, and in your intercourse with
your fellow employees and with other
business men. The man who defer
entially lifts his hat to his employer,
trots at his heels with abject humili-
ty, who plays the sycophant and
keeps his employer or foreman post
ed as to the petty misdeeds of his fell
low workmen, is always a traitor
when his employer is not present
but the man who treats his employer
with manly respect may be depended
on to sustain the honor and reputa-
ton of the house under all circum-
stances.
You owe it to yourself to apply
your brains as we'll as your hand in
the transaction of your employers
business, to a certain extent, because
it will benefit you both. This does
not mean that you should yield with
out recompense the result of your
inventive genius, if you have any
that is your private property, and no
man should be allowed to deprive
you Of it without special reward.
But you should always strive to i'm
prove in the performance of your du-
ties, whether they are simple and
humble, or complex and responsible.
If you cheaper process, or econo-
mize your time or the time OF those
under you, do 50, for your own and
your employers sake. You do not
always want to be an ernploye-at
least you want larger salary, and
the way to get it increased is to in
crease your value; thereby you ac-
quire good reputation, and if your
employer will not then give you a
higher rate OF pay some one else will.
Therefore, look at the matter in any
light-selfsh or unselfish-it is best
to increase the quantity and improve
the quality Of your service at all
times. Grow in value as fast as you
can; your employer may profit by il
at first, and it is right that be should,
but the bulk of the gain will ulti-
mately come to National Ha-
ness Reviea0.
Although the above refers mainly
to clerks and others in stores and of.
fees, yet it holds good with mechan-
les and laborers OF all classes that
work for salary or daily wages. Il
the laborer on farm will try hon
estly to do his best for his employer
he will be duly noticed, and even il
not properly appreciated, the expert.